New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-22
A BUCKEYE ANNIVERSARY.
TIE OHIO SOCIETY ENJOYS A REUNION.



anniversary at Delmonico's abou year ago with
hi, bly, successful dinner This year the members gal
antly determined to give then wives, dau nters ana
sweethearts n share r the festivities 80 Inc dinner
with its set speeches was given up ana reception
ball and supper were substituted General Thomas
Ewing made a speech OF welcome. standing on
little platform in the ball loom, amid the pitronesses
and chaperons while the younger people waited Tor
the music and the forming OF the iii st duadrle But
beyond that everything was an easy, pi asdnt come
apd.po with hand shakings and talk id the reception
rooms, loungnS walking in the corridors, and
short. varied dances in the biz bail ROOM Supper Was
served in of the small dning-rooa.s 5000 after
midnight. There was no regular cotillon.
The ballroom itself was gaylv decorated with plants
and flowers. Big punches OF red or white roses hung
in the spaces on the walls between the mirrors ana
in ,ch corner mass OF palms, through whlcD
pushed the top branches of buckeye tree just about
to bud. The musl gallery was trimmed IN wfeaths
and there were festoons of flowers from WINDOW 10
window the north and south ends OF the ROOM
The buckeye trees had been sent on tor the recep
ton by the citizens OF Fndlay. Ohio. There was
card tied about the stem OF each tree on which ong
| and perhaps, jccose dedication written. The
trees it was said, haG come from good Buckeye SOIL
for 90 feet beneath the surface where the horse
chestnuts grew an nexhau>tbIe supply OF high pres
sure natural gas met with. All OF which 1t may
| be, was PLAY tul rub AT tue Ohio idea.
the first guests began come IN about halt past
o'clock and the reception proper lasted until nearly
H. General Henry l.. Burnett was charm an CT the
Committee OF Arrangements. lie had the assistance
| of General Thomas Ewing, Colonel william L.
| Strong. Warren Hgley, General Samuel Thomas o.
| A. Bostwick Colonel c. w. Moulton, Homer Lee
| Albert w. Green, Joseph Pool and Andrew j. T.
| Foye. On the reception committee OF ladies were
Mrs. Thomas Ewing Mrs. John Sherman, MRS
l.. Strong Mrs. Henry L. Burnett Mrs. Algernon 5
sullivan Mrs Arson G. McCook, Mrs. Samuel
Thomas Mrs j. BostwiGh 1 ri John p W. E Mr
| Stephen b. Eikns Mrs. c. w. Moulton, Mrs Joseph
| Pool and Miss Green.
, Among those present Algernon ). Sullivan,
Calvin s. Brice, w. c. Andrews, Colonel ana Mrs
Faul xner. General Wager Swayne. Mahlon Ihance,
D. c. Baird Theodore Rickseeker' Miss :, Minnie Minnie
| Decker Homer Lee ex-Judge Granville T. Hawes,
| DR.. and Mrs. Alexander Strong, Colonel ana AIRS
Iloldemann Hamilton Bnsby, Cornelius n; Bliss,
| General w. T. Sherman, Miss Blaine, Judge W arrcn
Higley, l.. G. Hopkins. Judge j.; L. wilson, H. IN ~
| Wicks, Judge J. c. Griswold, ex-Ciyi Service Com
missioner Thomas, Howard B; Pool Colonel f9rdSce'
OF st. Louis stephen b. Elkins, DR.; and Mrs
| Zachos. A. S. Graham. Mr. and Mrs. T. n. Wheeler
SIR and Mr.. f. q: Barstow. Mr. and Mrs. A. NJ
| Hoyt Miss Hoyt, Nr. and Mrs X. st. John Beasiey,
Mr. and Mrs. l.. II. Grail, How ard E. Grace, Mr.; ana
| Mrs II. A. Glassiord s. c. Harrott Nine. H. de
Morti4ny Carson Lake. J. F. Granger; Mr. and Mrs.
smith, Mr. and Mrs +. Ii. Bosworth Mr.. and Mrs.
| Lowell NJ. Palmer, Mr.. ana Mrs. Ambrose f. Barnes,
F. NJ Foye; Mr.; and Mrs Bernard Peters , m
Simon Slime Wolfe. c. B. Peet, &. " McGhl, Albert W
| Green, Miss Green MIR. and Mrs l. Z. Fovue. |;
| r. Butler MI and Mrs Benjamin Peixotto. Marshal
Halstead, Andrew Donaldson. Miss Donaldson. K
c. Kmbsll Charles Sprague, Mr.. and Mrs. /" s
Packard, Mr. and Mrs. II. + Evans {. N. Dayton
John L. Mitchell. Thomas Ewing IT, 4 Al: waters =
T. w. Sterling. l. H. ilewson. j. ". kilbre,h, +: !;
Mrs c. c. Shaync Professor Frank Bard, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. D. Juilliard, David H. laroaGgh Ml.. Elem
ka "s Go Sar W. h hSS% D. A.
General Thomas Ewing ana Mrs. Algernop Sullivan
led the march out to & ball ROOM LADDERS ofches
ira played lively air VIII lie tho big procession made
turn or two and the teats about the hall be IAN 70
ill and the crowd IRON the outside pushed In on the
smooth floor. General Ewing stepped out htIl,
from the corner where the reception co nmittee had
its quarters under the biggest suckeye tree,o give
brief speech of weicOGe; He talked, rather than
spoke in fact. turning his sentences oil IchtIy ana
Familiarity This is what he said
Y1 5o of the to 2n .eesn
Uns rsunicn celebrated By dinner a. Domon
cos nearly year ago men ~. e,ss, or himpagne an
orstory common mems iees In New York The spe
orsSr being Gs' c 9ndI to the
s,ss clear ss OF b.. Rp sn ana saS SI' social
peur We did not Srssns t To- soSs'y nti
in good FORM wiling 70 be li't,e old If We EN-
Acknowledged sgcee,s o. .s ysa "g %
s Ct sis to easeS Up HhS seI
year last January our society Was fonnded ~ began
graeed by the presence OF many OF t
%eSs tim in and aid lar ely
distant when we shall need
requires but Of inc T'sres soy 10
OF its supported by membership Of douOio our p'e0H
Wns fave pleasure Of looking into the bright an.
s nSe 81 ns f the SOCIETY," To- thank
our I1SnS as "a oap
portraits Of eminent Ohio men women books OF history
mahneP Mh our state viii Welcomed We iognl
Ing ITay Gu T be- seem IN os he great libraries Of The
send % Ss s Re a T'
and biographical pasrs prepared by p SS.s
would be most happy 70 have sketches 81 the ys
b. any may ind convenient and agreeable 10 DO suo'
The glory Of the State and talents o
women equally WITH her %en Ge en MHn b o est
OF the preceding generation Many o. lhs "auges 81
Of the Civil war Nature high qualities DO
sns ans fh the the
e ana and O T9S hat e es ts
done in S asn Children s are among the objects
and surely It As @ a 70 ooh nor He'
S apso ss as 81 10 s 81 ali thugs nE no line
desirable to pursue than bringing
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sSG1 Tenod nesen always
' ofko 10 or SesvorE Applause and apghi.T But II 81
NhO and at & G S al
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nsn "ns sn' Sps's OF
~" Fl ss u 90 sS oac"
and We come back to our al
sena %sent Of the ohio society tas win the men com
ing all OF the state tall OF Their oonnos on
towns social e their politics their industries ana W.
people and present asso lated Win them come a"
- bad eisurely visit around Omoi io n
s s ss %sn @Rn WITH hs ars and
,, Ohio peculiar trial AN hardship an
~ out greatness II was settled by poor me
and women stripped bv the long OF the Revolution OF
their posse hope and courage They brave
pers savag and boasts rarely known I'D ihe sou
n inent other states In my youth often heara IRON w
" now silent lips OF women OF thar era rom ne hoc1
pished and charming General Goddard, OF Lane-v
rs Mrs King Lancaster Mira Morganof champaign Counl
and fathers sisters tales OF herosm o. ONO W0h
which seemed ofter and finer than any OF .hs
u have recent letter from
in Westned NJ telling me OF visit made 10 % m
20 Comfy the 1880 by lady from VI
there To see her parents an
wife OF soldier OF the revolution Wh
a. had West after the war enlei I'll
Journey from the Ohoovcr river anu noui